Parsonage Plantation – St Helena Island – Beaufort County

Basic Information

• Location – St. Helena Island, St. Helena Parish, Beaufort County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – ?

Timeline

• Earliest known date of existence – ?

• House built – ?

• ? – Isaac Perry Fripp was owner (1, p. 424)
  

• 1849 – By this year, Isaac Perry Fripp had given or sold a large portion of Parsonage's property to his son-in-law Edgar Fripp. Edgar called his plantation Palmetto Hills, currently known as Seaside Plantation (1, p. 424)
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Chronological list – Isaac Perry Fripp; Ely

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. Richard Porcher and Sarah Fick, The Story of Sea Island Cotton (Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2005)
   
   

2. News & Courier Newspaper (predecessor to the Charleston Post & Courier) February 26, 1933 issue reprint of Free South April 4, 1863 listing of St. Helena Island plantation sales prior to the Civil War